The Adapted Aquatics program offers aquatic exercise therapy that ranges from gentle water walking to aerobic-type exercise whichimproves range of motion, flexibility, mobility, muscle tone, coordination, focis and strength, it also focuses on becoming comfortable in the water and learning basic swimming and safety skills.

Wear dancing shoes and join different local companies as they demonstrate and teach you the moves. The Harlem Dances series occurs on the third Friday of the month, May-August.

City Stompers, NYC's only clogging school, joins Megan Downes and The Melody Allegra Band for Americana roots music and dance. Traditional fiddle playing, songs and southern Appalachian clogging will get you stompin' and hollerin' too.

Turn back the clock, break out the tux and the gown, put on your dancing shoes and come to our Senior Prom. King and Queen of the prom will be announced. There'll be dancing, light snacks, the twist, and fun for everyone.

This event is open to any adults and seniors who want to come. Call Greenbelt Recreation Center at (718) 667-3545 to RSVP.

Wave Hill’s 50th anniversary festivities reach a crescendo this spring with a month-long celebration, when, for the first time in Wave Hill’s history, visitors will be invited to attend in the evening to enjoy the garden landscape at a time of day and during a season when it is normally closed to the public. Take in The Lightening: a Project for Wave Hill’s Aquatic Garden, an immersive, plein-air installation by acclaimed artist by Chris Doyle, with music by composer Jeremy Turner, recorded by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Stop by Glyndor Gallery to see Chris Doyle: Landscape Fictions. Visit The Shop, The Café and the Marco Polo Stufano Conservatory, and enjoy informal piano performances in Wave Hill House. This evening’s pianist is Janice Friedman.

Doors slam, floorboards creak, voices call into the night. Venture into the shadows of history to see the house where eight family members died (and The New York Times called “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House”) by flickering candlelight and hear true tales of inexplicable occurrences from the people who actually experienced them.

The history of birding and Van Cortlandt Park are inseparable. Influential birders such as Roger Tory Peterson and Allan D. Cruickshank got their starts on Van Cortlandt’s ecologically diverse grounds. These walks, led by NYC Audobon experts, celebrate the tradition set forth by these great ornithologists. Participants will look for various species of residents and migrants and discuss a wide range of avian topics. For more information, please call (212) 691-7483.

At what other market can you do all your food shopping, sample local wine and explore Brooklyn's favorite park? Established in 1989, the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket is the flagship Brooklyn market. EBT/Food Stamps and WIC & Senior FMNP coupons accepted year-round.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Stewards of Henry Hudson Park rain or shine!

Start your Saturday mornings at this Bronx Park. Help to amplify its beauty and sustain community with general cleanups and gardening. Rain or shine there will be something for everyone to do at this unique park!

Classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Edgar Allan Poe, and master story tellers, inspire nineteen children's book artists who create illustrations for children age three through teens in this exhibit. The show will include events for children and adults. "These are the classic stories you grew up with as a child interpreted for a contemporaty audience," said Donna Miskend, the exhibit curator.

The Van Cortlandt Track Club runs through and around the Yonkers-Bronx border in small groups. The club breaks into various groups based on different paces and distances, starting with a loop of the Parade Grounds, then some peel off through the trails for various length and speed runs in smaller groups. Be sure to meet back up after the run at the Short Stop Cafe across the street for breakfast!

Join naturalist Gabriel Willow on a special early morning walk to spot birds in the gardens and woodlands as well as the skies above Wave Hill. You’ll be amazed by the diversity of birds that are active on the grounds before the gates open to the public. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. Free with admission to the grounds. Registration recommended, online at www.wavehill.org, or at the Perkins Visitor Center.

Calling all park lovers! This spring, the Playground Improvement Project (PIP) of the New York Junior League invites you to join them in rolling up your sleeves to help revitalize Columbus Park and Foley Square. Throughout five weekends in April and May PIP committee members, New York Junior League volunteers, and external volunteers will spend a day in the park (8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.) gardening, landscaping,painting, and completing other tasks to help spruce up this highly used space. We will provide you with breakfast, lunch, and a t-shirt. Please reach out to playground@nyjl.org with any questions or if you are interested in making a donation to this cause.

Please RSVP if you are interested in participating in one or more park days. Registration closes when capacity is reached or the Wednesday prior to that weekend's park days.

About the New York Junior League Playground Improvement Project

For more than 20 years, the Playground Improvement Project (PIP) has been a New York Junior League signature community project. Our volunteers create safe, beautiful, well-organized and educational play spaces for children and other members of the New York City community. PIP focuses on sites and parks that need major renovation and have the greatest impact on the surrounding community. Weekend clean up days include landscaping and repairing the parks. We work with over 700 volunteers a season to help improve the park and make a positive impact on the community.

Come to Fort Tryon Park and try something new. Join us on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings for one hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises.

All of our fitness programs are free, led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Please check back for rain and weather/air advisory cancels.

For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their work outs, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build.

Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost.

Please note: Fitness programs are canceled if the weather is lower than 20 degrees and when there are icy conditions.

Pitch, shoot and score with NYC Parks! Summer Sports Experience welcomes kids to join this free program focused on developing sports skills. Kids will play a variety of sports each day, and can come every session, or just once. Take your pick! The program is available in all five boroughs, so find the one nearest you.

Our Rangers will guide you to the best wildlife viewing spots in the urban jungle. Birding programs are appropriate for all skills levels and beginners are welcome. Bring a pair of binoculars or ask a Ranger to borrow a pair.

Low-impact cardio followed by balancing stretches and meditation to raise heart rate, burn calories, reduce stress, and work out every muscle. This instructor is part of the Parks NYC Fitness Instructor Training Program.

This It's My Park Season, come join Sutton Area Community members in cleaning up and planting at Sutton Place Park. Volunteers can help with raking, sweeping, planting and mulching at the East 54th Street portion of the Park. Make a difference in your community and get out and meet others who care about their park too! Volunteer walks ons are welcome.

This It's My Park season, come love your Upper East Side street trees! Join the Tree Angels of the Upper East Side for its spring It's My Park project. Join volunteers in raking, aerating, and mulching the tree pits.

This project will focus on trees along Third Avenue between East 79th Street and East 86th Street. Help keep our city trees healthy and give them some TLC (Tender Loving Care).

Additional volunteers are welcome. If you're interested in volunteering, please contact the leader by phone at (646) 836-8004, or by email at treeangelsues@gmail.com.

An It's My Park family event at Vesuvio Playground, with activities including planting, music, art and Imagination Playground blocks! Come and enjoy this free event organized by the Friends of Vesuvio Playground.

This It's My Park season, join the West 132nd Street Block Association as they conduct a general clean-up, spread mulch, and plant flowers at the West 132nd Street Community Garden. Please bring your own gloves if you are able.

This It's My Park season, join the Friends of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard Malls for their annual spring clean-up and planting event to help clean, rake out, and plant flowers in the malls along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. Please bring your own work gloves if possible.

This It's My Park season, come on out and join the Friends of Astoria Heights Park for family friendly health and fitness fun. The group will be offering free yoga classes and tots basketball clinic. There will also be a Learn to Ride program, teaching kids to ride their bikes. Activities will begin at 9am and will also include finishing the park mural and retouching our garbage can paintings.

This It's My Park season, join the Harlem Fifth Avenue Association to help conduct a general clean-up and plant annuals and perennials at Collyer Brother's Park. Please bring your own work gloves if able.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Central Brooklyn Lions Club to beautify Dr. Ronald McNair Park. Volunteers will clean and mulch the tree beds. Please bring your own work gloves. We look forward to caring for the trees in Dr. Ronald McNair Park with you!

This It's My Park Season, roll up your sleeves and come join the Kips Bay Neighborhood Alliance, the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association, Community Board 6 and the Lower East Side Ecology Center, in cleaning up the Esplanade in Glick Park. Locals will be tidying up, painting, and planting. Show your pride in your community and lend a helping hand or two!

Donuts and coffee for volunteers will be provided. Please note if it rains the project will be canceled. If interested in volunteering, contact the project leader.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Kew Gardens Civic Association and the Forest Park Trust to help clean, weed, and remove debris at Wallenberg Square at Forest Park. Please email nicole.gamory@parks.nyc.gov to register for the project. We look forward to a great day of cleaning up at Forest Park!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Rocky Run Volunteers as they distribute fresh wood chips, and clean out old wood chips and debris from the dog run. Volunteers will also be planting and weeding in the garden surrounding the run. Hope to see you there!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Natural Resources Protective Association to help clean along the shorelines of New Dorp Beach and the trail running alongside it. We look forward to a great day of cleaning New Dorp Beach!

This It's My Park season, volunteer at Liotti Ikefugi Playground to help clean, rake, and paint benches. The event starts at 9 am and runs all day to 5 pm. Rain date-Saturday May 23rd. Materials will be provided; just bring your enthusiasm and hard work ethic. You can stay all day or just an hour, any time is appreciated. Register with PFP outreach coordinator Amoy by emailing her at Amoy.Barnes@parks.nyc.gov.

This It's My Park season, volunteers from the Marine Park Alliance will be cleaning, raking, and weeding at Marine Park. Volunteers will help clean, rake, weed and paint benches and the fence surrounding the park. The project starts at 9:00 a.m., tools and supplies will be provided for clean-up and painting. Come out and help keep our park beautiful.

This It's My Park season, the Friends of Samuel Seabury Playground, community members, and Girl Scouts will be planting, mulching, raking, and sweeping in the park. Please note that registration for this event is closed. Event will be canceled if it rains.

This It's My Park season, come along to Minetta Playground for a family-friendly activity to help plant the flower beds and spread wood chip mulch! Join in, meet neighbors, and help make the playground look great for the spring and summer! Organized by Minetta Block Association.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with Beautify Historic Flushing/Bowne House Historic Society to help mulch, rake leaves, weed, and generally spruce up Weeping Beach Park, Daniel Carter Beard Mall and the Bowne Historic House. All volunteers will have access to a free tour at the Bowne House Museum after the cleanup project. Please dress appropriately for cleanup activities. Please email the contact above to register for the project. We look forward to a great day of cleaning up Weeping Beech Park!

Yoga classes are free and designed for all experience levels. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and, for yoga, bring a mat or a towel.

Kripalu Yoga is a system of Hatha Yoga that integrates body postures, breathing techniques, relaxation, and meditation. Taught by Monique Schubert and Yojaida Estrella, participants are encouraged to integrate their yoga practices with this very special waterfront environment of nature and art.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of the Travers Park to help clean, paint, prune shrubs, mulch and prepare the green space for the warmer months ahead. Please dress appropriately for cleanup activities. Please email the contact above to register for the project. We look forward to a great day of cleaning up Travers Park!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with Green Earth Urban Gardeners, Inc. to help clean, scrape, and repaint fencing and related equipments at Turtle Playground starting at 9:30 a.m. Please dress appropriately for cleanup and painting activities. Please email maureen@greenearthurbangardens.org to register for the project. We look forward to a great day of cleaning up Turtle Playground!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of Amersfort Park the Garden to help paint park benches and fences. Volunteers will start at 10am to clean up the park and plant crocuses. Please email amersfortparkfriends@yahoo.com to register for the project. We look forward to a great day of cleaning. Refreshments and snacks will be served!

This It's My Park season, come join in as it's time for Augustus St. Gaudens Playground's Spring Green and Clean! Come love your playground and join other community members, the Gramercy Neighborhood Associates, and families and friends of PS40 in tidying up their playground. Kids activities too! Volunteers are welcome.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Bennett Park Community Alliance to help clean and plant in garden beds around the park. We look forward to a great day of cleaning up! Contact Wade at (818) 259-8561 for inquiries.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Parks Department gardening team on Saturday mornings to do landscape maintenance at Claremont Park. For more information or to register, please email the contact above. Join us for a great morning of gardening at Claremont Park! DROP-INS WELCOME.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Conference House Conservancy and the Tottenville Civic Association to help clean the park and beach areas of Conference House Park. Volunteers are also needed to paint the Visitor's Center. We look forward to a great day of cleaning and beautifying Conference House Park!

This It's My Park season, join local volunteers the The Friends of Delury Square as they do a spring clean of their park and do some planting for the summer! Come along, have fun, meet neighbors, and help with the gardening jobs!

Celebrate It's My Park with local steward groups, engage in free park programming and visit Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground on May 16. At 10am, student groups will help support a garden project and clear up passive sitting areas.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of Graniteville Quarry, along with Mariner's Harbor Civic Association to help clean, rake, and weed the paths at Graniteville Quarry Park. Volunteers are also needed to help spread woodchips along the paths leading to the rock quarries. We look forward to a great day of cleaning up Graniteville Quarry Park!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Bedford Mosholu Community Association. Join in to help with projects on this unique stretch of parkland. They will spend the morning planting, raking, and general clean up. Rain date will be Saturday, May 23. Come and connect with neighbors amplifying this gorgeous green space. Please email bedfordmosholu@verizon.net to register for the project.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of Haffen Park to rake leaves, plant floweres, and pick up litter. Volunteers should come ready to work. The Friends of Haffen Park will be providing refreshments. We look forward to seeing you at the clean up!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Greenbelt Conservancy to help clean, rake, and plant some native trees and shrubs at High Rock Park. Volunteers will also be assisting in some trail restoration by removing some invasive plants. Register with PFP outreach coordinator Amoy by emailing her at Amoy.Barnes@parks.nyc.gov. We look forward to seeing you at the park!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Highland Park Community Garden for a general garden clean-up and weeding the garden paths. Volunteers are also needed to plant annuals in the garden beds at the entrance of the garden, to mulch and to assist with composting.

Please email josephine.scalia@parks.nyc.gov to register for the project.

This It's My Park season, join the Friends of Inwood Hill Park as they clean, plant, and paint to beautify Inwood Hill Park. Volunteers will also be invited for a tour of the park afterwards. We hope to see you there!

This It's My Park season, student and family volunteers from Growing up Green Charter School will be beautifying the children's playground for the upcoming season. Participants will be painting fences, benches and adding mulch to the garden beds.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of Queensbridge Park and Greenshores to help clean, spread mulch, and weed the entrance gardens at Queensbridge Park. Volunteers are also needed to paint benches and fences near the park entrances.

For this It's My Park Season, come join Friends of Ruppert Park and members of the community for its spring It's My Park project. Plenty to do with sprucing up the park to make it clean and pretty for the community. Volunteers will be planting, raking, cleaning, and painting the outside fence and railing inside the park. Come love your park! Walk-in volunteers are welcome.

This It's My Park season, join neighbors to volunteer at Saw Mill Playground to mulch, sweep, and rake at Saw Mill Playground. Please email barbara.nikonorow@parks.nyc.gov to register for the project. We look forward to a great morning at Saw Mill Playground!

This It’s My Park season, volunteer with the Shore Road Parks Conservancy to help clean, rake, mulch, and weed Shore Road Park! Please bring your own work gloves. We look forward to a great day of beautifying Shore Road Park!

This It's My Park season, Friends of St Mary's Park, along with MASA and Changing the Odds, invites the community to come out and help clean, sweep, and rake at St Mary's Park. We look forward to a great day at the park!

This It's My Park season, join the St. Nicholas Dog Run community as they clean up and spread new wood chips in the run. Please bring your own gloves if you are able. The dog run is located near the top of the stairs at West 135th Street & St. Nicholas Terrace.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (617) 223-7592

Location: West 135th Street and St. Nicholas Terrace (in St. Nicholas Park)

This It's My Park Season, join Friends of St. Vartan Park, local residents and some boy scouts for its Spring It's My Park project. They will be planting some flowers and cleaning up the park. Project canceled if it rains.

Get your veggie, herb and flower transplants at our annual giveaway, plus tips on square foot gardening. All supplies are for registered GreenThumb gardens and Grow to Learn school gardens only and are available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. No pre-registration necessary for GreenThumb community gardens. One site pick-up only. In partnership with GrowNYC.

**School gardeners must be registered with Grow to Learn and should RSVP online.

For this It's My Park season, volunteer with the Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association and neighborhood residents for its spring It's My Park project! Volunteers will be doing a big clean-up of Stuyvesant Park. Come and help tidy up, mulch, garden and make the park shine! Plenty to do and many hands make light work! And, for kids, the NYC Parks Play Mobile will be on hand for them to enjoy!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with Masons in the Parks to help clean up and beautify Thomas Boyland Park, a Community Parks Initiative public space. Volunteer activities will include planting, mulching, and general clean-up of the horticulture beds; as well as painting the handball courts, and litter removal in the park.

Masons in the Parks will also offer free basketball clinics on the courts, and friendly kickball on the fields in the afternoon. All volunteers and families are welcome! Hope to see you in the park!

This It's My Park season, join volunteers at Tom's Dog Run for a major clean up. We will be removing old wood chips and adding new ones, planting within the garden, and painting benches. Hope to see you there!

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park rain or shine! Join in to help with projects on the eastside of this wonderous park. Projects will include invasive plant removal, plantings, trail restoration, and more! Please email info@vancortlandt.org to register for the project.

This It's My Park season, volunteer with the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park rain or shine! Join in to help with projects on the west side of this wonderous park. Projects will include invasive plant removal, plantings, trail restoration, and more! Please email info@vancortlandt.org to register for the project.

Join the Union Square Partnership to help make Union Square Park bloom this season! Gather your friends and family, roll up your sleeves, and pitch in to make Union Square the cleanest, prettiest and greenest park in all of NYC! Take part in fun for the whole family including kids yoga, face painting, and a children's planting area with refreshments provided by Whole Foods Market. Last year, we had over 100 volunteers help rake, plant, and clean up our beloved green oasis.

Quiet like a mountain, moving like a river, Tai Chi is a sequence of gentle movements based on images found in nature. In this beginner-level class, Irving Yee, a member of the William CC Chen Tai Chi School, introduces students to the internal martial arts and promotes an awareness of its benefits. Sessions are held outdoors, weather permitting.

NYC Parks and Bike New York are proud to present Learn to Ride classes. In these free classes, we’ll teach children the fundamentals of bicycling, preparing them for years of safe and confident riding.

This class teaches a safe, easy, effective way to learn to ride. Using this “balance first” method, parents help get their children rolling while the child does most of the work. Participants learn the basics of balancing, starting, stopping, and steering a bike. Most people learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don’t, they will leave with an easy, hands-free, crash-free, and low-stress way to learn to ride.

Learn how to turn kitchen scraps into dyes using natural ingredients such as onion skins and turmeric. Dye your own herb sachet and, once it dries, fill it with a custom blend of herbs. All materials will be provided first-come first-served.

Marvel at the beautiful protective shell of the turtle. Use fabric and leather scraps to design and decorate a stuffed, wearable turtle-shell backpack of your own. Then wearing our shells, we’ll gather outside, and, moving at a turtle’s pace, we’ll waltz in an oh-so-slow parade. Free with admission to the grounds.